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London, Aug. 29: A seven year old maths prodigy advises the British government on the country’s finances, a media report said on Sunday.
“Oscar Selby, who last week got an A* at less than half the age at which most pupils take the exam, has demonstrated a new talent — advising the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the nation’s finances,” Daily Mail reported.
Oscar took a break from building sandcastles on holiday on Saturday to urge Mr George Osborne to cut taxpayer funding to the banks and ask for cash they have borrowed to be paid back.
Asked how he would tackle Britain’s biggest problem — the £170.8 billion budget deficit — he advocated raising taxes and creating jobs.
In a manifesto showing a populist touch, he also suggested more spending on care for the elderly and natural disasters such as Pakistan’s floods.
Oscar, from Epsom in Surrey, who attends Stamford Green Primary School but supplemented his maths skills at Hertfordshire-based tutors, Ryde Teaching Services, said, “I would stop the banks from getting so much money and may be ask them to pay some back.”
Speaking from a beach on the Isle of Man, where he is on holiday with his family, he said, “May be (Mr Osborne) could spend some money overseas.”
“There are some places where people have nothing and they are very poor living without food or water. It could go to Pakistan where there are lots of floods,” he said.
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